Annie Announces US DJ Tour

Annie has announced a short set of U.S. DJ gigs in New York, Chicago, and California in support of the upcoming release of her acclaimed debut album ‘Anniemal’.

The upcoming tour, dubbed "Anniemix", also features Finnish ‘Anniemal’ co-producer Timo Kaukolampi. They'll both be spinning vinyl, and, according to a Pitchforkmedia.com report “Annie will rock the mic”.

Venues include Chicago's Sonotheque, New York's Hiro Ballroom, and Cinespace in Los Angeles.

Prior to Annie’s US DJ appearances she is set to do some DJ stops in London, followed by a few dates where she and her backing band will open for Saint Etienne in the UK.

These are the upcoming Annie live and DJ dates:

3 June London, England - 333 (with Raiders of the Lost Arp)

4 June London, England - Mish Mash @ Cargo (with Caged Baby)

5 June London, England - Horse Meat Disco @ Dukes Vauxhall

15 June Brighton, England - Concorde 2 *

16 June London, England - Koko *

17 June Glasgow, Scotland - ABC *

28 June New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom

29 June New York, NY - Scenic

30 June Chicago, IL - Sonotheque

1 July San Francisco, CA - Mighty

2 July Los Angeles, CA - TBA

3 July Los Angeles, CA - Standard Downtown Rooftop

5 July Los Angeles, CA - Cinespace

* live dates with full backing band supporting Saint Etienne

In other Annie news, in an interview with About.com, she revealed that the Rapture have remixed "Me Plus One", but no details on the release of that track are available. "The Rapture did the remix for 'Me Plus One' and I think that's really, really good. The Rapture is one of my favorite bands so I was really pleased that they did a remix."